Data Breach Cybersecurity Threats

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A year after the Equifax hack compromised the personal information for over 145 million people, U.S. Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren and Mark Warner introduced the Data Breach Prevention and Compensation Act last week. The new legislation would expand the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) authority over data breaches by creating an Office of Cybersecurity, which would …

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Cybersecurity Showdown: Why the Military Is Preparing for a New Kind of War | The National Interest

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The drafting, negotiation, and passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is an annual event that sets the annual budget for the Department of Defense. During this time Congress is able to exert control over the priorities, guiding principles, and issues that will be addressed by the department in the coming year. The 2018 …

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Hacking Elections: An Act of War? | New York Law Journal

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On March 20, the House Intelligence Committee commenced with hearings on Russia’s potential interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential elections. On the first day of the hearings, former FBI Director James Comey and NSA Director Admiral Michael Rogers were called to testify. In the wake of these hearings, many prominent members of both political parties …

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Implement a Cybersecurity Culture Through Broken Windows Cyber-Policing | New York Law Journal

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Imagine the following: A mid-level HR employee receives an unsolicited resume. The company’s policy is to forward all unsolicited and suspicious emails to a designated mailbox maintained by the IT group for further inspection before opening any attachments or clicking any links. The employee without thinking opens the attachment. This seemingly minor mistake allowed a …

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Election Interference, As We Understand It Today, Is Not A Cybersecurity Issue – Lawfare

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At a Senate intelligence committee hearing in November on Social Media Influence in the 2016 U.S. Elections, Sen. Dianne Feinstein said about Russian interference in the 2016 election, “What we’re talking about is a cataclysmic change. What we’re talking about is the beginning of cyber warfare.” Source: Election Interference, As We Understand It Today, Is …

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